How small malls compete with big malls

In Pampanga, Franda is widely regarded as the first shopping mall in the capital San Fernando.
It was built in 1978 on a land owned by Lorenzo G. Francisco and Lorenza B. David along the MacArthur Highway, just before the Baluyut Bridge, the couple’s granddaughter, lawyer Aisa Velez, says.
Then San Fernando Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz led the blessing of Franda when it opened in October 1979.
On the ground floor were Tropical Hut and Chinabank. On the second floor were Jewel Box, Auring’s Beauty Parlor and stores that sold clothes, shoes, accessories and makeup. On the third floor were a computer school, law offices, dental clinics, school and office supplies, a bookstore, Elynda’s Jewelry, Standard Insurance and People’s Appliances.
The businesses folded up shortly after the June 1991 eruptions of Mt. Pinatubo and the North Luzon Expressway and the Olongapo-Gapan-San Fernando Road (renamed Jose Abad Santos Avenue) replaced the MacArthur Highway as main thoroughfares, says Velez.
Franda survives now on leases of office spaces and the mall-like atmosphere is gone.
In Angeles City, the Nepo Mart opened in October 1968 with more than 200 stallholders. This one-story market is part of an 11-hectare commercial complex owned and ran by Juan and Teresa Nepomuceno through their son Peter, an engineer, says Erlita Mendoza who documented the lives, enterprises and civic works of the couple in the book “A Cofradia of Two.”
The Nepomucenos built the market after establishing an electric power company , ice plant and a soda factory.
The idea of putting up the Nepo Mart came to Peter in 1967 after a fire gutted the public market. He planned a one-stop retail for fresh produce, meat and seafood.
The local government moved the public market from San Nicolas to Pampang, advising the Nepomucenos to host the PX (Post Exchange) trade instead.
With the local government’s permission, the stallholders of Nepo Mart sold imported goods and hard-to-find foreign items, canned goods, coffee, candies, chocolate, shoes, perfume, clothes, imported cigarettes, wines and liquor and toys. Traders took the goods from wives and dependents of American military personnel who used their PX privilege in what was then the Clark Air Base.
By the 80s, Nepo Mart II was built to accommodate more retail outlets.
On its 44th year and minus American service personnel, Nepo Mart has become a center of dry goods, competing with the San Nicolas public market, says Liza Nepomuceno Mapua, who helps manage the commercial complex.
In the same property, the Nepomucenos opened the Nepo Mall in 2003, with Robinsons as an anchor tenant.
A new building, for a BPO firm, has been built near the Angeles Electric Co.
Mapua says the Nepo Mart is “slated for redevelopment.”
She says its good location helped it survive and increased its prospects for coping with the competition.

The best getaway destination vacation spot near Manila convenient safe and accessible is Clearwater Beach Resort in Clark Pampanga.

Event organizers and companies in Manila travel out of town to the north to hold their team building events and company outings in a good resort in Pampanga. Clearwater Resort located in Clark is well regarded as one of the best venues for team building near Manila. This is also one of the best resorts in Pampanga that offers good picnic spots near Manila.

Quiet place for rest and relaxation near Manila, in Subic, Angeles City Pampanga and Clark Philippines is something that residents of Manila travelling to the north for a short getaway are looking for. Clark is already a popular destination for golfers from Manila. Clark Freeport offers some of the best golf courses in Pampanga and outshines many golf clubs and golf courses elsewhere in the Philippines. Clark Pampanga offers many good resorts and hotels for a short trip out of Manila, and Clearwater is one of the best places to relax and unwind for a weekend getaway or a short holiday in Pampanga.

This private resort in Pampanga is a frequently visited vacation spot outside of Manila. Included in the list of resorts highly recommended for families with children visiting Clark Philippines is Clearwater Resort located conveniently in the central business district of Clark Freeport which is accessible from Manila.

Free internet WIFI access is offered to guests of this famous hotel in Clark Pampanga. Guests can even connect to Internet WIFI service near the white sand beach, by the famous lake of Clark or in any of the picnic grounds around this resort. This hotel in Clark Philippines is generally considered by Manila residents to be a good place for family trips in Pampanga.

Clearwater Resort is generally regarded as one of the best holiday spots near Manila. Highly recommended summer vacation destination outside Manila is Clearwater Beach Resort in Clark, a safe and convenient tourist spot that offers natural ambience for visitors to enjoy the outdoors with no stress. Private resort is frequently visited during Holy Week and Easter Holidays for residents of Manila travelling out of town on getaway to the north to unwind and relax in outdoor resort.

During holy week, Easter holidays, Christmas, New Year, Halloween and especially the Clark Hot Air Balloon Festival, Manila residents travel out of town to the north to relax and unwind at this famous resort in Pampanga. Clearwater Resort is the hotel in Clark that visitors prefer for family bonding and team building outside of Manila.

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Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
Joanne or Jeremy or Loydha

Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

Family Bonding by the famous lake of Clark Pampanga

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay

Email: Inquiry@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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Wedding couples looking for wedding reception venues and beach wedding venues can log on to this Philippines Wedding Venue web site for free information and assistance:

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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine shops in Clark Angeles Philippines http://www.YatsLeisure.com

While in Clark, one might as well add to the itinerary a visit to the famous Clark Wine Center, the largest wine shop in Philippines which offers over 2000 selections of fine vintage wine from all wine regions, vintages spanning over 50 years covering all price ranges.
http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Looking for famous tourists spots, places to visit and see, relax and unwind in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines? You may want to check out these sites also:

http://www.LondonPubClark.com

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

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Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)